Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Polystichopsis
Dryopteridaceae Ching
Polystichopsis (J.Sm.) Holttum , legitimate, scientific
Holttum, R.E. (October 1947), A revised classification of Leptosporangiate ferns. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 53(350): 149, 152 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Lastrea [unranked] Polystichopsis J.Sm. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Lastrea [unranked] Polystichopsis J.Sm. legitimate
  • APC Comment: A South American taxon, recorded in an Australian context only as the parent of Polystichopsis aristata (G.Forst.) Holttum and P. hasseltii (Blume) Holttum. Polystichopsis aristata and P. hasseltii are treated as synonyms of Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale and Dryopteris hasseltii (Blume) C.Chr. in Australia, respectively.